Hat-box.



No. 688,034. Patented Dec. 3, mot. H. SPENGLER;

HAT BOX.

(Application filed Dec. 19, 1900.\

(No Model.)

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HENRY SPENGLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-BOX.

$PEGIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 688,034, dated December 3, 1901. Application filed December 19, 1900. Serial No. 40,356. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,HENRY SPENGLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Boxes, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to hat-boxesg and it has for its object to provide a simple and improved hat-box which will possess advantages in point of convenience, inexpensiveness, adaptability for effective use, durability, and general efficiency and which will be especially adapted for convenient display of the contents.

To these ends my invention will enable display of the hat without removing the cover of the box, and consequently without removal of the hat-box from the superposed position in which the same may be piled or is stored.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat-box constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same,taken upon the line a; 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse sectional View taken upon the line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of hat-box constructed according to my invention. Fig. 5 is a horizontal transverse sectional view taken on the line 2 s, Fig. 4.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates my improved hat-box, which consists of a body portion 2, provided at the side with an ad- 3' ustable closure 3,which enables access to the interior of the body portion.

In the preferred form of construction the body portion 2 is cylindrical in form and is provided with a circular top member 4 and with a circular bottom member 5. The bottom member 5 is provided with a peripheral flange portion 5, which fits up around the body portion 2 and is adhesively or otherwise secured to the same. The top member 4 is similarly provided with a peripheral flange portion 4, which fits down around the body portion 2, and the top member is preferably capable of detachment from the body portion, but may, if desired, be adhesively or otherwise secured to the same. The flange portions 4* and 5 eifectively brace the walls of the body'portion, which, as well as the top and bottom members, may be formed of card board or other light and sufficiently rigid material.

The closure 3 consists of a slide 6, which is segmental in form and operates with respect to a segmental opening 7, which is formed at the side of the body portion and extends from the bottom member to the top member. The slide 6 at its outer surface closely fits the inner surface of the body portion 2, and is guided in its movement in a circular path within the body portion by guide devices-7 and 8, which are respectively secured to the top member 4 and the bottom member 5. The guide devices '7 and 8 each consist in the preferred form of construction of a circular disk 9, of cardboard or other suitable material, which is adhesively or otherwise secured to the respective member. Suflicient space is provided between the edge portion of each of the disks 9 and the adjacent inner surface of the body portion to permit of free sliding movement of the slide 6, which fits at.

its top and bottom edges between said disks and the walls of the body portion.

12 designates securing means which are carried by the slide 6 and serve to secure the same in position to close the opening 7. The securing means 12 may consist of a catch 13, which is pivoted, as at 14, to the slide.6,'adjacent one edge of the same, and is provided with hooks 15, which are arranged for engagement with openings 16, which are formed in the body portion 2, adjacent oneedge of the opening 7. .A knob or finger-piece 17 may be secured to the catch 13 to enable easy manipulation of the same. Arranged upon the guide device 8 are a plurality of blocks or bodies 19, which support the hat free from the bottom of the box.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a modified form of myimproved hat-box, which is similar to the hat-box above described in general construction, but which is provided with a transparent supplemental closure 3, which may be arranged to alternate with the closure 3 in closing the opening 7.

In the preferred form the supplemental closure 3 consists of a segmental glass slide 18, which, similarly to the slide 6, fits at its upper and lower edges between the guide devices 7 and 8, respectively, and the inner wall of the body portion 2. The guide devices 7 and 8 are so proportioned in size in the form of construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5 that sufficient space exists between the edges of the same and the inner wall of the body portion to permit the slides 6 and 18 to pass each other or to simultaneously register with the opening 7. The slide 18 is of sufficient breadth to close the opening 7 and is pro vided with securing means 20, which serve to lock the same in closed position. The securing means 20 preferably consist of a catch 21, which is pivoted to the side edge port-ion of the slide 18, as at 22, and carries hook devices 23, arranged for engagement with openings' 24, formed in the inner wall of the body portion adjacent the openings 16. The catch 21 may be provided with a knob or fingerpiece 25 to enable easy manipulation of the same. The slide 18 is preferably arranged within or behind the slide 6. The glass slide 18 extends from top to bottom of the body portion and is segmental in form.

The hat-box illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 is particularly adapted to use for ladies hats and bonnets, which may be effectively protected during display behind the slide 18.

When the hat-box is disposed of, the glass slide 18 may be removed and retained for further use.

The operation and advantages of my improved hat-box will be readily understood.

In order to permit of inspection of the contents of the hat-box or to remove a hat from or insert a hat into the same, the closure 3 may readily be moved in the desired direction by applying the required pressure to the catch 13 or finger-piece 17 of the same. The catch is also manipulated to free the hooks 15 from the openings 16 or to engage them with the same, according as to whether it is desired to lock or unlock the slide 6. The guide devices 7 and 8 and the inner wall of the body portion 2 maintain the slide 6 in true operative position. WVhen the slide 18 which is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 is used, it is maintained in operative position in the same manner and by contact with the slide 6.

It will be noted that the arrangement of the closure 3 at the side of the hat-box obviates the necessity of detaching the top member 4 of the hat-box when access to the interior of the same is desired. This arrangement is of great advantage in handling stock in hatstores, as it permits of the customary piling up of the boxes in superimposed position and the removal of a specific hat from one of the boxes without disturbing the pile in which the hat-box is located. Furthermore, the slide 6 moves in a path within the confines of the body portion and may readily be opened in a confined space. This arrangement, furthermore, protects the slide against breakage when in position to permit access to the hat-box. it will also be noted that the guide devices 7 and 8 eifectively brace the top and bottom members 4 and 5, respectively, and that the flange portions 4 and 5 efiectively brace the body portion 2 at the top and bottom.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the details of construction and arrangement as herein described and illustrated, as it is manifest that variations and modifications may be made in the features of construction and arrangement in the adaptation of the device to Various conditions of use without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I therefore reserve the right to all such variation and modification as properly falls within the scope of my invention and the terms of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The herein-described improved hat-box, comprising a cylindrical body portion having an opening at one side, top and bottom mem-- bers provided with peripheral flanges adapted to fit around the top and bottom portions of the body portion and be secured thereto at the bottom, disks secured to the inside of the top and bottom members, and a segmen tal slide extending from the top to the bottom of and within the body portion, and adapted to close said opening, said slide being received at its upper and lower edges between said disks and theinner walls of the body portion, and means for positively securing the slide in a closed position.

2. The herein-described improved hat-box, comprising a cylindrical body portion open at one side, top and bottom members provided with peripheral flanges adapted to fit around the top and bottom portions of the body portion and be secured thereto at, the bottom, disks secured to the inside of the top and bottom members, and a transparent segmental slide extending from the top to the bottom of and Within the body portion and adapted to close said opening, said slide being received at its upper and lower edges between said disks and the inner walls of the body portion, and means for positively secu ring the slide in a closed position.

3. The herein-described improved hat-box, comprising a cylindrical body portion open at one side, top and bottom members provided with peripheral flanges adapted to fit around the top and bottom portions of thebody portion and with guide devices secured to the same, and adjustable closures for said opening embodying an outer opaque segmental slide and an inner transparent segmental slide, said slides extending from the top to the bottom of and within the body portion, their upper In testimony tvhereof I have signed my and lower edges being received between the name in the presence of the subscribing witguide devices and the inner walls of the body nesses.

portion, means carried by said slides for en- HENRY SPENGLER. 5 gagement with one edge of the body portion at Witnesses:

the open side thereof, and a plurality of hat- RAYMOND W. BLAKESLEE,

supports arranged upon the bottom member. JOHN M. HOCTOR. 

